Faculty

Title

Dr.

Akhilesh Pathak

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Designation

Assistant Professor

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Email

akhileshpathak@lb.du.ac.in

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Educational Qualifications : PhD

Degree

Institution

Year

PhD (social systems)

Jawaharlal Nehru University

2021

M. Phil (social systems)

Jawaharlal Nehru University

2017

MA (Sociology)

Jawaharlal Nehru University

2015

B. Tech

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

2006

Career Profile

Career Synopsis

• Completed my Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (Centre for the Study of Social Systems), New Delhi.
• The thesis was entitled “Marital Quality in India: A study based in the National Capital Region”.
• Earlier, I obtained MA (Sociology) and M. Phil (Social Systems) from Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), JNU.
• My M.Phil dissertation was titled, “Marriage as a social institution: The Nature-Nurture Antinomy”. The dissertation is now published in the form of a book entitled Duality of Human Marriage (2019).
• I hold research experience as a Senior Research Assistant at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library since July 2019.
• I received the prestigious T.K. Oommen award for having scored the highest CGPA during my MA course.
• Qualified UGC-NET exam [UGC Ref. No. 7368/(NET-DEC. 2014)].
• Prior to this, I graduated with a B. Tech degree from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur and also worked in the IT industry as a Software Engineer.

Administrative Assignments

None

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Research Guidance:

None.

Publications Profile

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

• Presented a paper entitled, “Wifehood in Ancient India: A Critical Appraisal of the status of Women as reflected in ancient Sanskrit texts” in a 3-day International Conference, “India & Southeast Asia: One Indic Belt, Shared Culture & Common Destiny (April, 26-28, 2018) sponsored by the Indian Embassy of Indonesia.
• Presented a paper entitled, “Gender, Employment, and Marital Quality: A comparison between India and Europe” in a 2-day International Conference, “Emerging Socio-Cultural and Political Issues: India and Europe” held on May 24-25, 2021.

• Delivered a lecture entitled, “Ideas have Consequences: Ideology and Student Politics in current times” at a seminar, “Breaking India Forces in Indian Campuses” organized by Infinity Foundation, USA at Jawaharlal Nehru University on February 10, 2019.
• Was the resource person at a 2-day workshop titled “Workshop on Methodologies and Tools in Social Research” organized by Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Sonepat, Haryana on 25-26 September, 2021.
• Taught a 45-hour, three-week long course on “Research Methodologies: Global and Indic” at the Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, Sonepat, Haryana from 13/12/2021 to 31/12/2021.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

 None

Awards and Distinctions

• T. K. Oommen Award awarded by the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for securing the highest CGPA in MA (Sociology), 2013-15.

Associated With Professional Bodies

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Other Activities